The laboratory that Dr. Rapoport has
led at the NIMH since 1984 investigates the clinical phenomenology\, neur
obiology and treatment of brain and behavior disorders in children\, inclu
ding childhood-onset schizophrenia\, attention-deficit hyperactivity disor
der (ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)\, with a particular foc
us on diagnosis. Over the past decade\, her group has been concentrating o
n both normal and abnormal brain development in childhood and adolescence\
, and better understanding and treatment of childhood-onset schizophrenia.

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In addition to her post at NIMH\, Dr. Rapoport is professor of ps
ychiatry at George Washington University School of Medicine and clinical p
rofessor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Sch
ool.

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